A/N: Thanks to everyone who read and liked the first chapter and decided to take even more time out of your life to look at this chapter. I am trying to find a co-writer so that I can put more ideas than my own in the stories to come.


Mikasa was coming to her senses, her leg still hurt like hell, she could barely move from where she was resting. She looked down at her leg and saw that a temporary cast had been put around it.

"Awake at last are we?" a strange man said from beside her. Mikasa shot her gaze towards the man, he wore a military uniform that was lacking insignias.

"Who are you?" she managed to say, still being suppressed by major amounts of pain in her leg.

"Who we are is not important, what is important is that you know we are here to help you get back to the wall." the strange man said. Mikasa gave a sigh of relief, but still didn't know if she could trust this man or the people around him.

(Back at the Barracks with Armin and Eren)

Eren just sat there looking down at his food not showing any interest in eating it. He occasionally looked to his right where Mikasa sat and every time he did, it looked like he saw a ghost, the emptiness of Mikasas seat haunted him. Eren was about to get up and leave when he heard a voice from beside him.

"Eren, you have to eat something or you are going to starve." Armin said, his voice trembling.

"I don't care... I don't have any reason to be here any more." Eren said sharply as he looked at Mikasas seat again. "She always looked out for me, she always protected me and what did I do to repay her? I always yelled at her, told her I'm not her brother and now she is gone because I wasn't there for her. I couldn't protect her." he said with a sigh. "I never got to tell her that I-"

"Eren you piece of shit!" a man yelled, but Eren knew who it was. Jean stormed over to their table. "How the fuck could you leave Mikasa in the city!" he screamed in anger

All eyes turned to Jean and Eren as he ripped Eren from his seat and started to shake him violently. "What the fuck is the matter with you Jaeger!" Jean screamed. "It's your fault Mikasa is probably fucking dead isn't it!"

Erens face went blank, his eyes were empty of all emotion. "You're right." is all Eren could say.

"Wha- what did you just say?" Jean said, his face full of utter confusion.

"You're right. Mikasa is dead because I did nothing to help her." The words tore Eren apart as he said them, but he refused to cry in front of everyone. Jean let Eren go and he just stared at Eren.

'I was just being a dick, I am just so pissed that Mikasa is gone. I know it wasn't his fault, I saw Reiner take Eren away kicking and screaming. Does he actually think it is all his fault?' Jean could feel nothing but confusion.

Eren walked out of the barracks without taking his eyes off the ground, everyone just looking at him in disbelief and horror, no one could muster the courage to break the dreadful silence until Armin shouted for Eren, but his plea fell on deaf ears. Eren slowly left the barracks and headed for the mens bunk house.


(The Next Day)

"Eren wake up!" Armin called to his friend. "We are going back to the city for a clean up operation!"

Eren jumped out of his bed, he knew that this could be his chance to find Mikasa, or her body and get some closure although he knew it wouldn't help. A world without Mikasa is a world not worth living in. "Alright, I will be out shortly!" he called to Armin.

As all the recruits lined up, a Garrison commander was giving them a briefing, they were to clear the sector of Trost that Eren had lost Mikasa in. Eren felt his knees weaken to the thought of finding her body, or what was left of it after the titan had struck her down.

"Eren Jaeger, Armin Arlert, and Jean Kirschtein! You are to perform search and rescue duties and find any of your fallen comrades!" the commander yelled out.

'Great, of all the fucking people in the military I get put in the same squad as Eren.' Jean thought to himself, still bitter about the events that unfolded yesterday.

Eren didn't care if he had Jean in his squad, his only concern was trying to find Mikasa. The three of them ran off without speaking a word to each other.

Eren was the first over the wall with Jean closely following him and Armin lagging behind, all that was on Erens mind was what he would say when he found her, how would she react to his abandonment of her? Eren landed on the roof of a building, Jean and Armin landing directly behind him.

"What are you thinking Jaeger?" Jean said out loud. Eren turned around and look him right in the eye.

"I'm thinking exactly what you think I am thinking you horse faced piece of shit." was all Eren could say, his words driven by his hatred for the titans.

Jean gritted his teeth, but he knew that Eren was pissed to be back where he saw Mikasa get struck down and didn't respond.

"Where should we start looking Eren?" Armin asked as innocently as he could, but Eren didn't even turn to face him.

"Look over to the left, I will search here alone." Eren said harshly to his friend, his words full of hatred. Jean and Armin just looked at each other and agreed he needed his space even though it was killing Jean not to pick a fight with Eren.

Eren jumped down onto the streets and started to slowly walk, staying cautious of any titans, he had his finger on the trigger to launch his grappling hooks for a quick escape. He looked through the shattered windows of buildings looking for any signs of the wounded, the dead, and the dying and more importantly, he was looking for Mikasa.


(Mikasa with the strange man at Wall Rose)

"Thank you... for everything." Mikasa said as calmly as she could. The strange man had helped her walk all the way from the destroyed house they took refuge in on the other side of town all the way to Wall Rose.

The man just looked at her and chuckled as he pointed a flare gun in the air and fired. "Your people will be down to get you now, I need to leave." the man said. "After all, I'm sure your boy friend Eren is worried sick about you." he said still chuckling.

Mikasas cheeks shot a light shade of red and she reached for her scarf to cover her face, but soon remembered that she had lost it when she was struck down by the titan.

"He's family!" she stated quickly.

"I'm sure that's how it is, you take care now Ackermann." the man said as he ran off.

'How does he know my name?' she thought as his last words made her blush even harder when she began to stumble from her leg being in a cast. She slowly moved towards the wall of a house so that she could keep her balance when she heard the sound of people landing in front of the wall.

"Mikasa! Is that you?" a man shouted, she looked over and saw that it was the short, dim-witted Connie Springer and beside him sprinting towards her, Sasha Braus.

"MIKASAAAA!" Sasha screamed as they both ran full speed towards her.

"Mikasa! We all thought you were dead! Eren is going to be so happy!" Connie yelled as they both stopped right in front of her. Sasha pick Mikasa up, she was surprisingly strong for her size like Mikasa and before she knew it, they were on top of Wall Rose and medics took Mikasa to the infirmary for proper treatment.


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